20 U.S.C. § 7231f: Use of funds

Summary

Allows eligible local school districts or groups of districts to spend grant money on nine kinds of things to start, grow, or run magnet school programs. Examples include planning and promoting programs; buying books, materials, and equipment (including computers) and keeping them working; paying or helping pay effective teachers and other instructional staff; offering magnet-style classes to students in the same school who are not enrolled in the magnet program; training and other work that helps the district keep the program going after the grant ends; giving districts flexibility to run and design magnet schools for all grades; creating or strengthening programs that serve students from more than one district; and providing student transportation to and from the magnet school if the transportation can be kept after the grant and does not use a large share of the grant money. Money used to buy materials/equipment or to pay staff may only be used when those things clearly help improve student academic achievement under the State’s standards, or improve reading, math, science, history, geography, English, foreign languages, art, music, or career, technical, and professional skills.

Title 20, §7231f

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(a)In general

Grant funds made available under this part may be used by an eligible local educational agency, or consortium of such agencies—

(1)for planning and promotional activities directly related to the development, expansion, continuation, or enhancement of academic programs and services offered at magnet schools;

(2)for the acquisition of books, materials, and equipment, including computers and the maintenance and operation of materials, equipment, and computers, necessary to conduct programs in magnet schools;

(3)for the compensation, or subsidization of the compensation, of elementary school and secondary school teachers who are effective, and instructional staff where applicable, who are necessary to conduct programs in magnet schools;

(4)with respect to a magnet school program offered to less than the entire student population of a school, for instructional activities that—

(A)are designed to make available the special curriculum that is offered by the magnet school program to students who are enrolled in the school but who are not enrolled in the magnet school program; and

(B)further the purpose of this part;

(5)for activities, which may include professional development, that will build the recipient’s capacity to operate magnet school programs once the grant period has ended;

(6)to enable the local educational agency, or consortium of such agencies, to have more flexibility in the administration of a magnet school program in order to serve students attending a school who are not enrolled in a magnet school program;

(7)to enable the local educational agency, or consortium of such agencies, to have flexibility in designing magnet schools for students in all grades;

(8)to enable the local educational agency, or consortium of such agencies, or other organizations partnered with such agency or consortium, to establish, expand, or strengthen inter-district and regional magnet programs; and

(9)to provide transportation to and from the magnet school, provided that—

(A)such transportation is sustainable beyond the grant period; and

(B)the costs of providing transportation do not represent a significant portion of the grant funds received by the eligible local educational agency under this part.

(b)Special rule

Grant funds under this part may be used for activities described in paragraphs (2) and (3) of subsection (a) only if the activities are directly related to improving student academic achievement based on the challenging State academic standards or directly related to improving student reading skills or knowledge of mathematics, science, history, geography, English, foreign languages, art, or music, or to improving career, technical, and professional skills.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

A prior section 4407 of Pub. L. 89–10 was classified to section 3127 of this title, prior to the general amendment of Pub. L. 89–10 by Pub. L. 103–382.

Amendments

2020—Subsec. (a)(9). Pub. L. 116–260 struck out “notwithstanding section 1228 of this title,” before “to provide transportation”. 2015—Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 114–95, § 4401(4)(A)(i), substituted “effective” for “highly qualified”. Subsec. (a)(8), (9). Pub. L. 114–95, § 4401(4)(A)(ii)–(iv), added pars. (8) and (9). Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 114–95, § 4401(4)(B), added subsec. (b) and struck out former subsec. (b). Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “Grant funds under this part may be used for activities described in paragraphs (2) and (3) of subsection (a) of this section only if the activities are directly related to improving student academic achievement based on the State’s challenging academic content standards and student academic achievement standards or directly related to improving student reading skills or knowledge of mathematics, science, history, geography, English, foreign languages, art, or music, or to improving vocational, technological, and professional skills.”

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 2015 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 114–95 effective Dec. 10, 2015, except with respect to certain noncompetitive programs and competitive programs, see section 5 of Pub. L. 114–95, set out as a note under section 6301 of this title.

§7231f Use of Funds